title: Percutaneous biopsy of the kidney and adrenal glands.
abstract: Percutaneous biopsy techniques play an important role in the diagnosis and management of patients with known or suspected malignancies. With refinements in biopsy techniques and the use of sophisticated guiding modalities, tissue can be reliably obtained for either cytologic or histologic evaluation. These procedures are safer and more cost effective than the surgical option of open biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710.
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Dunnick
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Leder
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Roubidoux
mesh_terms: D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed